Toilet kit



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'TOILET KIT -Filed Sept. ,21, 1951 INVENTORS, WILLIAM MC DOUGAL. AND

- JosEPH L. Bfeoo s,

A TTORNE Y United States Patent C) TGILET KIT William H. McDougal andJoseph L. Brooks,

Racine, Wis.

Application September 21, 1951, Serial No. 247,618

1 Claim. (Cl. 132-81) This invention pertains to toilet kits such as maybe made in compact form so that it may be easily packed for travelingand the like.

An object of this invention is to provide a kit containing in onecompact assembly a safety-razor, shaving brush and soap, tooth brush andtooth paste.

Generally stated, this invention provides a simple tubular casing oneend of which is closed and provided with a screw socket for attachmentto a safety-razor head. The casing provides a container for a toothbrush and a tube of tooth paste. The open end of the casing is closed bya screw cap formed as a sub-container for a shaving brush. A shortshaving brush has a back formed `with a screw fitting a screw attachmentin the open end of the sub-container so that the brush may be mountedtherein either inside the sub-container or protruding therefrom for use.A cap for the sub-container has a cake of shaving soap fitted therein.

A preferred embodiment of this invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view, partly insection, of a toilet kit embodying this invention,

Figure 2 is a side view taken at right angles to that of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an exploded view of the casing parts,

. Figure 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a face view on a reduced scale of a case for the kit, and YFigure 6 is a side view of Figure 5.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, 1 designates a casing oftubular form, of metal or other suitable material. The upper end of thecasing 1 is closed and formed with a projection 2 in which a screwsocket 3 is formed. A safety-razor head of standard form has a plate 4and a clamp 5, the latter having a screw 6 passing through the plate 4.The socket 3 is tted to receive the screw 6 whereby said head is mountedon the casing 1 as a handle for use in shaving.

The casing 1 provides a container for the tooth brush 7 and a tube oftooth paste 8 or other dentrifrice package. The brush 7 may be shortenedas compared to the usual tooth brush, so that the length of the casing 1need not be excessive. A closure for the casing 1 is provided by asub-container 9, also of tubular form and of substantially the samediameter as the casing 1. This sub-container may have a thread 10fitting a complementary thread 11 on the casing 1 for attachmentthereto. A transverse partition 12, adjacent the thread 10, provides aclosure for the casing 1.

The open end of the sub-container 9 has a screw socket 13. A shavingbrush 14 has its back provided with a thread 15 fitting the socket 13 sothat it may be screwed into said socket with the brush 14 either insidethe container or protruding therefrom so that said container and thecasing 1 may serve as a handle for the brush. The open end of thiscontainer also has an external thread 16 adapted to receive a screw cap17. A cake of shaving soap 18 may be tted in the cap 17. Thus theassembly shown in Figures 1 and 2 provides a complete toilet kit forshaving and care of the teeth.

As shown in Figures 5 and 6, a case 19, of metal, plastic or othersuitable material, may be provided to receive the kit and one or morepackages 20 of extra razor blades. The case 19 may be made in the formof two mutually fitting parts or halves hinged together at 21 andprovided with a suitable clasp 22 to secure the same in closed position.

It will be seen, therefore, that this invention provides a handy kit fortravelers, service men and others, which occupies little space and keepsthe essential articles needed for shaving and tooth care together in acompact package. The parts are so arranged as to be easy to handle inuse and easy to keep clean. When assembled in package form all theelements are secure against accidental damage. The package is smallenough to be carried in a pocket, on a cartridge belt, and similareasily accessible places, without inconvenience.

We claim:

ln a toilet kit of the kind described and wherein is included aconventional tubular container closed at one end and open at theopposite end and formedl at the closed end with a screw threaded socketfor engaging the screw of a conventional safety razor head, the open endof the container being screw threaded for engaging a tubularsub-container, a tubular sub-container closed at one end and open at theopposite end, the closed end being screw-threaded and connecting withthe screw threaded open end of the conventional container aforesaid,said sub-container being also screw threaded in teriorly at its open endfor engaging the screw threaded head of a shaving brush, a shaving brushformed with a screw threaded head and threadedly seating in the threadedopen end of the sub container, whereby the brush may be projected eitherinwardly of the sub container when not in use or outwardly thereof foruse in shaving, said sub container being also screw threaded exteriorlyat its open end for engaging a screw threaded cap thereat, and a deeplycupped cap screw threaded interiorly and engaging the exterior screwthreads of the sub-container, said cap being cupped deeply enough toprovide room therein for a small cake of soap, the tubular container,sub-container and cap being of substantially the same diameter andpresenting the assembled parts free of any lateral projections.

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